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Criminal

Disbarred and convicted attorney Tom Girardi, 85, is to be flown to federal facility in North Carolina for 30 days of evaluati...


Judges and Judiciary

U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks and Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Serena R. Murillo were approved on partis...



Health Care & Hospital Law

The case against pharmaceutical companies, filed by California's attorney general, has flipped between state and federal court...


Antitrust & Trade Reg.

The complaint, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court, accuses Align Technology Inc., the American Dental Association, and...



Aug. 13, 1969 -- Dec. 18, 2024


Civil Litigation

Shegerian awarded $3.9M in fees against UC Regents

Dec. 23, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

Shegerian & Associates deserve $3.9 million in fees for discrimination lawsuit against UC Regents, judge says, but Regents...



Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation

Daily Journal writers and editors comment on why subscribers found this year's most-read stories compelling.


Judges and Judiciary

Los Angeles County judge confirmed to federal bench

Dec. 20, 2024
By Craig Anderson

Judge Serena R. Murillo became the second California judge confirmed to a federal court seat on Friday, as the Senate moved sw...



Judges and Judiciary

Senate confirms judge to San Diego federal court

Dec. 20, 2024
By Craig Anderson

U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks' confirmation was one of several the Senate is rushing through in the final days of ...


Civil Rights

The defense argued the complex's management "responded quickly as possible to demands" and there was evidence the plaintiff wa...



The Los Angeles County prosecutors' union asked the state Supreme Court to take judicial notice that the dispute in a lawsuit ...


Immigration, Constitutional Law

One expert says Bonta is trying to navigate a "fine line" between helping immigrants who entered illegally and provoking the i...



A federal judge allowed to proceed a putative class action against Wells Fargo that claims it earned "billions" in profits fro...


Entertainment & Sports

Director Francis Ford Coppola sued the magazine for defamation over a July article covering claims about his behavior on the s...



Criminal, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

It is the second time within months that the circuit has reversed a Central District of California judge's dismissal of crimin...


Criminal

Although U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton earlier ruled that Girardi was mentally competent to aid in his defense at tr...



Labor/Employment

Workers' comp attorneys welcome review of appeal delays

Dec. 19, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

The state Supreme Court will take on the question of so-called "grant for study" case extensions, when the board grants a requ...


Health Care & Hospital Law, Civil Litigation

The County of Los Angeles sued Express Scripts Inc. and OptumRx last year, claiming that they worked with drug manufacturers t...



Friday's scheduled sentence hearing could be delayed as Tom Girardi's federal public defenders argued that the 85-year old's p...


Intellectual Property, Corporate

The jury found two months ago that Phillips 66 Company "willfully and maliciously" misappropriated trade secrets of Propel, a ...



Torts/Personal Injury

The amount far outstrips an offer of some $275,000 to the victim's wife and son by Calabasas-based Crusader Insurance Company,...


Labor/Employment, Entertainment & Sports

Los Angeles County Judge Armen Tamzarian rejected arguments by the band and management that the plaintiff was an independent c...



The Commission on Judicial Performance said that the alleged misconduct took place between 2018 and 2020, while Carrozzo was ...


Community News

ArentFox Schiff relocates to new LA office

Dec. 18, 2024
By Ricardo Pineda

The law firm said the new space features cutting-edge architectural design and integrates innovative technology and amenities ...



Environmental & Energy

Los Angeles County's lawsuit aims to secure a federal judge's order requiring the landfill's owners to accelerate containment ...


Labor/Employment

State micromanaging apprentices' work, trade groups argue

Dec. 18, 2024
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Several organizations sued the California Department of Industrial Relations, claiming its Apprenticeship Council overstepped ...



Intellectual Property

OpenAI's legal team argued in their motion that the plaintiffs' three state law claims -- unjust enrichment and unfair competi...


Judges and Judiciary, Government

The bill - the Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act - passed the House 390-0 on Monday after being approved by the Senate on a ...



Labor/Employment

"Plaintiffs have obtained in settlement an amount that will make the entire plaintiff class whole, with 10% interest, as well ...


Civil Litigation

Lawsuit aims to stop Long Beach oil storage increase

Dec. 18, 2024
By Antoine Abou-Diwan

The complaint claims that the port authorities attempted to expedite the project through a negative declaration under the Cali...